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Charles Hurt

churt@washingtontimes.com

Charles Hurt was the Opinion Editor and is a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report. He can be reached at churt@washingtontimes.com.

Columns by Charles Hurt

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump conquers the world — again

Had Donald Trump not gone into real estate, tabloid smack-talk, reality TV, marketing, Trump steak sales, the gold sneaker business and -- ultimately -- politics, he would have been a brilliant deejay.

January 9, 2025
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool)

Who is really to blame for the ills of society?

Few places in America "enjoy" more complete government intrusion into all aspects of life than New York City. And few places feature greater horrors committed against the weakest than New York.

December 26, 2024
President Donald Trump, right, talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump Musk: Anything is possible

The leader of the free world is back. Strolling into the impossibly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, President-elect Donald Trump soaked up every eyeball of attention.

December 9, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump looks on with Elon Musk, right, at a UFC 309 mixed martial arts flyweight title bout, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Trump and Musk’s cosmic bromance

President-elect Donald Trump once said that the second greatest book ever written -- after the Holy Bible, of course -- is "The Art of the Deal," written, of course -- of course! -- by Donald Trump himself.

November 21, 2024
Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Obama’s singular arrogance

Amid the smoldering wreckage of last Tuesday's elections, Democrats must ask themselves a simple question: Who is in charge?

November 11, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, uses a frier as an employee looks on during a visit to McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump wins imagery election

Vice President Kamala Harris' "Hope and Joy" campaign has become "Hope and Growl." Meanwhile, over at the Trump campaign, the joy is explosive and spontaneous and cannot be contained.

October 21, 2024